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Originally posted by LOLZebra
Impressive. While you are at it get one of these
Chop down enough lumber, store it, and you will have free heat for the entire house provided you have a fan for airflow. I put a pot on top of this and it boils water, cooks food... its like a giant frying pan
Oh and also get one of these
We bought it because we used to have power outages all the time whenever some snow came by (it's a lot better now). It wouldn't have been an issue if it only went off for a few minutes but sometimes it would be hours to days. This can run your fridge, stove, water pump, a couple other things, no problemo. Runs on unleaded fuel.
Cheers
Originally posted by superman2012
reply to post by Darkice19
That looks like a good deal and an even better idea! You might want to look at getting a 12 volt pump in case the power is out for awhile to distribute the water so you can drink it (unless of course you are willing to dip a cup into the storage tank.
I have been looking at doing something similar to this: www.raindirector.co.uk... , without of course paying someone a lot of money to do it.
My advice is, check with local retired plumbers who might be willing to work for considerably less than one who is constantly in demand. Also, check out the solar websites to see if this is something that is feasible as well.
Good luck!
Originally posted by Darkice19
I'm putting it in my garage which has a 4 in thick concrete floor and im running a hose from my washing machine and back. So every time we do laundry it will get circulation. I'm also adding 2 lower outlets on the other side of it. One for washing the cars and one for watering the yard. And the other will have a filter for drinking/cooking if we need. I can regulate the pressure going into it so exploding won’t be a problem. This whole thing was my wife’s idea but she doesn't know how much water storage im adding. She was thinking a 55 gallon drum. I'm thinking more long term.
Originally posted by hinky
Originally posted by Darkice19
I'm putting it in my garage which has a 4 in thick concrete floor and im running a hose from my washing machine and back. So every time we do laundry it will get circulation. I'm also adding 2 lower outlets on the other side of it. One for washing the cars and one for watering the yard. And the other will have a filter for drinking/cooking if we need. I can regulate the pressure going into it so exploding won’t be a problem. This whole thing was my wife’s idea but she doesn't know how much water storage im adding. She was thinking a 55 gallon drum. I'm thinking more long term.
Washing the car and watering the yard doesn't have me concerned. Using the wash machine for circulation and then using the water for domestic usage has a concern. I know what you are trying to do. Check into back flow prevention and cross connection control. You really need to look at this.
Your garage is heated or should we not get too concerned about freezing. Just throwing this out there, no need to answer as others are reading this thread also.
Another quick thought about garage. Any thought for placing any "ballards" so your vehicle will not hit or bump the tank?